The Copper Contact Claim is a tungsten mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 45.40139, -112.75694
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Copper Contact Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Contact Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Birch Creek (Utopia) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: M. Erwin, C.Ellingwood, G. Divel, Dillon, Hamilton, Butte, Mt.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE OCCURS IN DECOMPOSED TACTITE.
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE CAVED. VEIN IS EXPOSED IN A PIT 4 FEET LONG AND 3 FEET DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): A 4-FOOT CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED NO TUNGSTEN AND NO TUNGSTEN MINERALS ARE ON THE DUMPS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FINE, SPARSELY DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE IN PARTLY DECOMPOSED FRIABLE TACTITE. STKS N79E, DIPS 80 E. 2.5 FT. WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5552, P. 16-22.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 88.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
